Iran

May 29, 2003

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Iran's Revolutionary Guards have recently moved heavy weaponry northeast, away from the Israel-Lebanon border, and stopped training Hizbullah pilots i

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The suspected mastermind of this month's devastating suicide explosions in Casablanca has died of chronic heart and liver problems while in detention,

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In reply to US allegations that Iran was failing to combat Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network, Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi said Wednesday t

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A delegation from E-Vision, the United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s only digital cable TV provider, has taken part in the Cannes Film Market and Festival in France. The company said its participation in the

May 28, 2003

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The 30th Foreign Ministerial session of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) opened in Tehran, Iran on Wednesday with an inaugural speech

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British Prime Minister Tony Blair will visit Kuwait on Wednesday and meet with the country's Emir before traveling on to Iraq.  Blair is expected to h

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An Afghani man has been publicly hanged for murder in the southwestern town of Poldokhtar, according to a report in the Kayhan daily.  In its Tuesday

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Russia said on Tuesday it intended to complete the construction of Iran's first nuclear power plant in spite of expressing concern about Tehran's pote

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China Tuesday denied that any local company had provided assistance to Iran's missile program, reacting to sanctions by the US government.  "No releva

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Algerians, still trying to cope with a devastating earthquake that killed over 2,200 people last week, were jolted into a new panic on Tuesday with a

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A new cancer care facility has opened at Beit Jala Government Hospital in the West Bank with support from the Government of Italy. The UNDP implemented the $2.2 million project in cooperation with the

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British Airways Iran is to increase its services to London to five flights a week non-stop from the beginning of May as part of its summer schedule.   The Tehran-London service is operated by British

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British Airways is to increase its capacity to Egypt's second city, Alexandria, by 30 percent to meet customer demand during the peak summer months. From June 4, frequencies between Alexandria and Lon

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Habib Bank Zurich (HBZ) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the first bank in the country to have a fully functional banking service over electronic PDA's (Personal Digital Assistants). The introduct

May 27, 2003

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Jordan's Prime Minster Ali Abul Ragheb met on Tuesday Iranian Minister of Industry Eshagh Jahangiri in the presence of Minster of Trade and Industry S